Vehicle lamp



Feb. 9 1926.

N. MaQlNNES VEHICLE LAMP 'Filed June 28, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheetl l Feb. 91926. 2 1,572,024

N. MaCINNES VEHICLE LAMP Filed June 28, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 PatentedFeb. 9, 1926.

PAT

NEIL MAQINNES, F CHICAGO,l ILLINOIS.

VEHICLE LAMP.

Application led .Tune 28, 1922. Serial No. 571,386.

To all whom, t may concern:

' Be it known that I, NE1L MACINNES, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VehicleLamps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in vehicle lamps andespecially relates to the class of lamps especially designed to serve asa signal lamp and trouble lamp and has for its principal object theprovision of an improved construction of this character which will behighly eHicient in use and economical in mannfacturc. A further objectof the invention is the provision of a lamp of this character which uponbeing demounted can be utilized as a trouble light.

A further contemplation of the invention is the selection means ormanner of attaching my improved vehicle lamp in operating position whichin this instance, the lamp is carried by the safety bumper of thevehicle.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of partshereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Fig. l is an elevational view of the vehicle bumper showing oppositelydisposed lamps associated therewith, embodying the invention' Fig. 2 isa vertical sectional detail view of the same taken substantially on line2 2 of Fig. 1; g

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectlonal view of the same takenl substantially online 3--3 of g Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of the lamp embodying the invention;

Fig. 5 is a horizontal detail view taken substantially on line 5-5ofFig. 4;

Fig. 6 is the elevational'view of the bulb support detached from thelamp proper showing the same as it appears when usedv as a troublellight; and

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view of the bumper showino` the lamp embodyingthe invention associated therewith, 4but in 'a different arrangementthan that illustrated 1n Fig. 1.

In carryingmy inventions into effect, I

provide a lamp A consisting of a hollow casing l0, of suitable material,open at its bottom end as at 10 and provided with windows 11 and 12.'The windows 11 and 12 are each surrounded by annular "projection 13 and14, each adapted to pass through an opening 15, formed in a vehiclebumper 16, of any improved type. The inner side of the bumper 16, isadapted to abut against shoulders 17 and 18 of the lamp A as indicatedlat 19. The lamp A is fiXedly secured to the bumper 16, by turning orworking over the extreme outer edges 20 of each of the projections 13and 14 as clearly illustratedin Fig. 2 at 21. This construction is suchthat theft of the lamp is prevented inasmuch as the only way to detachthe lamp from the bumper 16 is by filing away the turned edges 20. Thisconstruction also constitutes a simple means for attaching the lampinp0- sition.

Surrounding the inner portion of each of the Windows 11 and 12 is a seat21 against which each of the window closures 22 and 23 rest, said windowclosures bein of any desired color and of comparativey heavy glass. Thewindow closure members 22 and 23 are each held in position by aretaining ring member 24 which is frictionally held in position.

The purpose of the opening 10 of the casing 10 is for the reception 0fan electric bulb support 25 which carries the electric bulb 26, therebeing an annular shoulder 27 formed at the inner end of the opening L0against which the support 25 is adapted to engage. Surrounding thesupport 25 is a dust cap 28 which embraces a reduced poi'- tion 29, ofthe casing 10, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2.

The support 25 and dust-cap 28 are held in the position shown in Fig. 2by a retaining member 30 a portion of which passes around a lateral boss31, carried by the support 25 and then projects upwardly along the sidesof the dust-cap as illustrated in Fig. 3 and indicated at 32. Theopposite ends of the retaining member 30 are bent inwardly and adaptedto engagelopenings 34 formed in the adjacent sides of the casing 10. Inmounting the dust-cap 28 on the support 25, I prefer to provide grooves34 in the opposite corresponding sides of the support into whichsuitable pins 35 are carried bythe dust-cap 28 are adapted to engage.This construction permits the dust-cap to be treme former position inwhich position it serves as areflector, and the device as shown in Fig.6, illustrates its position when used as a trouble light.

Formed in the bottom wall of the support 25, as illustrated in Fig. 2 isa central opening 37 for the passage of a circuit wire 38 as connectedto the electric bulb socket 39.

It is also my object, as lierein stated, to

utilize my improved lamp as a signal light to indicate the direction thevehicle, on which the light is mounted, is to turn. And when the lamp isused as such, I print or paint the letter R or L on the upper windowmember 22, designating right or left res ectively. y

In a dition to this, the construction is such that the bulb support canbe detached from the lamp roper and utilized as a trouble lamp as shownin Fig. 6.

While I have illustrated and described the referred form of constructionfor carrying my invention into eiect, this is capable of variation andmodification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I,therefore, do not wish to be limited to the recise details of theconstruction set forth;

ut desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as comewithin the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. A vehicle lamp, the combination with a `vehicle bumper havingadjacent openings formed therein, cfa casing having adjacent openingsformed therein, transparent closure members for the openings of thecasing, illuminating means arranged in the casing, and annularprojections surrounding the openings of the casing and taken through theopeningsv of the bumper and provided with peripheral edges turned awayfrom the openings of the bumper against the adjacent side surfacethereof.

2. A vehicle lamp, the combination with a vehicle bumper having adjacentopenings formed therein, of a casing open at its lower end and havingadjacent openings forined-therein, projections surrounding the openingsof the casing and taken through the openings of the bumper and providedwith peripheral edges turned away from the openings of the bumperagainst the adjacent side surface thereof, a lighting element, a supportcarrying the .lighting element and carried by the casing with a portionpassing int-o said lower opening.

3. A vehicle lamp, the combination with a vehicle bumper having adjacentopenings formed therein, of a casing opened at its lower end and havingadjacent windows formed therein, projections surrounding said windowsand taken through the openings of the bumper and provided withperipheral edges turned away from the openings of the bumper against theadjacent side surface thereof, a lighting element, a support for saidlighting elemeiithaviiig a portion passing into the opening at the lowerend ofthe casing, and means for removably securing the support to thecasing.

4. A vehicle lamp including a casing open at its lower end and havingadjacent windows formed therein, means for securing the casing to abumper bar of a vehicle, a lighting element support having a portionpassing into the opening at the lower end of the easing, and means forremovably securing ihe support to the casing.

5. A vehicle lam including in combination with a bumper ar of a vehiclea casing associated with said bumper an having windows formed in thewalls thereof, means surrounding the windows and assing through theopenings formed in the umper bar and having portions turned away fromthe windows to secure the casing to the bumper bar, and a lightingelement within the casing. j

6. A vehicle lam including in combination with a bumper ar of a vehicle,a casing having an opening in the lower end thereof and windows formedin the wall thereof, a lighting element support having a portion passingthrough the opening at the lower end of the casing, and meanssurrounding the windows and passing lthrough, openings formed in thebumper bar and having portions turned away from the windows against theadjacent side of the bumper bar.

7. A vehicle lam 4including in combination with a bumper ar of avehicle, a casing havin adjacent o enings formed therein provi ed withshou ders, transparent closure members for the openings abutting theshoulders, means for holding the closure members against the shoulders,means on the casing and passing through openings formed in the bumperbar and having portions turned against the adjacent side of the bumperbar for securing the casing thereto, and a lightlng element within thecasing.

8. A combination vehicle lain light, comprising in combination with thebum er of a vehicle, of a lamp casing carried y said vehicle; anelectric element-sup port detachably carried by said casing; a

and trouble dust-cap carried by said support and engaging the lower endof said casing; said dust-cap adapted to be moved forwardly with respectto said support when said support is detached from said casing groovesformed in the opposite correspondlng sidesv of said supports; and guldepins carried by said dust-cap and engaging saidy grooves.

9. A lamp of the class described including n electric element support,of grooves formed in opposite corresponding sides of said support; areflector mounted to move longitudinally with respect to said support;and guide members carried by said reflector and engaging said grooves.

10. A lamp of the class described includlng an electric element support,of grooves formed in opposite corresponding sides of said support; areflector mounted to move longitudinally with Irespect to said support,and guide members carried by said reflector and engaging said grooves;and means car- Pied by said support to prevent detachment of saidreflector therefrom.

1l. In combination with a support having an opening therein, a lampcasing provided with a window, a projecting portion surrounding thewindow and passing through the opening of the support, a removable sup-,rounding the window and passing through the opening and having itsedges turned away from the opening against the adjacent sides of thesupport, and a lighting element within the casing.

13. In combination with a support having an opening therein, a lampcasing provided with a window, means surrounding the window and passingthrough the opening and having a portion turned away from the openingagainst the adjacent side of the support, a support having a portionpassing into an opening formed in the lower end of the casing, and alighting element carried by the support.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 50 name to this specification.

t NEIL MAoINN ES.

